Match ends, Liverpool 4, Crvena Zvezda 0.
25 Oct 2018
Salah double helps Liverpool to win over Red Star
Mohamed Salah scored twice to reach a half-century of Liverpool goals in a comfortable victory over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League.
It was a dominant display from the hosts, Roberto Firmino firing in Andy Robertson's cut-back on 20 minutes.
Salah got his first just before the break then added a second with a penalty won by Sadio Mane.
And Mane slotted a fourth goal with 10 minutes to go after missing another penalty just moments before.
Goalscorers aside, Xherdan Shaqiri proved influential for the hosts - an excellent through ball to Robertson helped set up Firmino's opener and it was the Swiss player's flick that then assisted Salah's first goal.
Firmino, one of five players back in the starting line-up after a depleted Reds side narrowly beat Huddersfield in the league on Saturday, marked his return with his 13th goal in 18 Champions League appearances for the club and his 10th in eight games at Anfield.
Mane was also bright - he linked up well with Salah on numerous occasions and earned his side's first penalty when he got an arm in the face from Red Star captain Filip Stojkovic.
He made up for missing the second penalty - won when El Fardou Ben handled in the area - by sliding in to poke into the bottom corner to make it 4-0, before substitute Adam Lallana was denied a fifth from close range.
For the visitors, Srdan Babic wasted an opportunity from a set-piece when he fired over the bar but Liverpool were dominant throughout and never looked like conceding.
Red Star, bottom of the group with one point from three games, were banned from selling tickets to supporters for the game at Anfield after incidents during and after their team's play-off round tie away to RB Salzburg on 29 August.
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- Line-ups
- Match Stats
- Live Text
Line-ups
Liverpool
- 13Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 12Gomez
- 4van Dijk
- 26RobertsonSubstituted forMorenoat 82'minutes
- 5Wijnaldum
- 3Fabinho
- 23ShaqiriSubstituted forLallanaat 68'minutes
- 9Roberto Firmino
- 10Mané
- 11SalahSubstituted forSturridgeat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Lovren
- 7Milner
- 15Sturridge
- 18Moreno
- 20Lallana
- 22Mignolet
- 27Origi
Crvena Zvezda
- 82Borjan
- 30StojkovicBooked at 50mins
- 5Degenek
- 15Babic
- 77GobeljicBooked at 88mins
- 7KrsticicBooked at 55mins
- 3JovicicBooked at 74minsSubstituted forCausicat 75'minutes
- 31Ben NabouhaneSubstituted forSimicat 81'minutes
- 11EbecilioSubstituted forJovancicat 65'minutesBooked at 86mins
- 14Srnic
- 99Boakye
Substitutes
- 1Popovic
- 9Pavkov
- 19Stojiljkovic
- 20Causic
- 21Simic
- 29Jovancic
- 90Savic
- Referee:
- Daniel Siebert
Match Stats
Home TeamLiverpoolAway TeamCrvena Zvezda
- Possession
- Home66%
- Away34%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home11
- Away0
- Corners
- Home4
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away20
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Crvena Zvezda 0.
Attempt saved. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Richmond Boakye (Crvena Zvezda) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Filip Stojkovic with a cross.
Attempt missed. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Richmond Boakye.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Milan Borjan.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
Booking
Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card.
Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda).
Booking
Dusan Jovancic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dusan Jovancic (Crvena Zvezda).
Offside, Liverpool. Adam Lallana tries a through ball, but Alberto Moreno is caught offside.
Adam Lallana (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda).
Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dusan Jovancic (Crvena Zvezda).
Substitution
Substitution, Liverpool. Alberto Moreno replaces Andrew Robertson.
Attempt saved. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge with a through ball.
Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
Dusan Jovancic (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Veljko Simic replaces El Fardou Ben.
Goal!
Goal! Liverpool 4, Crvena Zvezda 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge.
Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
Nenad Krsticic (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Penalty saved! Sadio Mané (Liverpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top left corner.
Penalty conceded by El Fardou Ben (Crvena Zvezda) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Substitution
Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Goran Causic replaces Branko Jovicic.
Booking
Branko Jovicic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Branko Jovicic (Crvena Zvezda).
Substitution
Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Mohamed Salah.
Foul by Adam Lallana (Liverpool).
Richmond Boakye (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda).
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